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| Animal Law Hi everyone ! Do you know Universities in Animal Law ? I'm a law student in Geneva, Switzerland and I would like to be a lawyer in animal rights, but there is no opportunity to study it in Switzerland. Thank you ! Post Date: 02/28/17, Replies: 3 | ||
| Farmer with questions Hey everyone, I've been in agriculture my whole life, with crops and agriculture, and I will say I love animals. Now I'm asking for mature responses, rather than people telling me I'm a murderer that should die. I will only accept responses from the nature category :P So as I realize not every farmer is like me, most are though I will say. We love our job, we love taking care of the animals, we love growing the crop that feed or animals. And we care for the well being of our animals. It's important that they're happy, and from an economical perspective, animals grow healthier and at a higher quality when they're happy. Moral of this story is, should there still be an issue with animal domestication if the animals are happy at the end of the day? Pork and poultry farmer here I'm not here to judge, just looking for other open minded perspectives. Will respond to questions Post Date: 02/28/17, Replies: 9 | ||
| thoughts... "Human superiority is no more than a product of our imagination; we see ourselves as above the other creatures only by virtue of our jaded values and arbitrary standards." "The idea that human life is worth more than the lives of the other animals may be the point of view of some humans, but it is not the view of all humans, and certainly not the viewpoint of the other animals." Post Date: 02/26/17, Replies: 1 | ||
| What you can do to help save ORANGUTANS Check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixyckK1C03s (margarine that is sold in mainstream grocery stores often contain palm oil) Post Date: 02/06/17, Replies: 2 | ||
| FBI now tracking animal abuse FBI now tracking animal abuse like it tracks homicides http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/fbi-now-tracking-animal-abuse-like-it-tracks-homicides-a6803326.html Post Date: 02/05/17, Replies: 1 | ||
| Research on archiving animal activism Hi everyone, I'm an archivist and researcher at Monash University, Australia looking to partner with organisations or individuals to discuss ways to achieve a full and balanced record of animal rights history - if you'd like to participate or know someone who can - please be in touch! Thank you Post Date: 02/05/17, Replies: 3 | ||
| Peta against leather industry I think we can't stop animal cruelty by becoming vegetarian alone, if we could stop using leather made items like shoes, bags, wallets, belts could help to stop rising the demand and thus can work against it better. Please raise your opinions here Post Date: 01/24/17, Replies: 4 | ||
| Italian Restaurants that don't serve veal I really enjoy pasta. It's my favorite food and I love some good veggie pasta and wine and a great Italian restaurant. However, I recently made the decision I don't want to eat at restaurants that serve veal, and unfortunately so many Italian restaurants do. So I thought I'd see if I could ask the all-knowing crowd about Italian restaurants that do not have veal on the menu? I'm in the Bay Area but I'm sort of interested in generating of list of veal-free Italian restaurants all over the USA, if not the world. Thanks! Post Date: 01/19/17, Replies: 6 | ||
| Help us with our documentary about donkeys Happy New Year! We are currently working on a documentary film called Donkey Paradise. The documentary is about a small donkey sanctuary in North Spain, which is operated by Marleen and the great help of volunteers. The sanctuary takes care of abandoned and mistreated donkeys that live their lives last moments at the sanctuary in a safe and warm environment. This is the part where we need your help. The film is not ready yet and we still need funding to shoot more material and finish it. In able to do this, we have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to fund the finishing of the film. There you can read more about the story, about the team and view our demo film, which was edited from the material already filmed. In exchange for your help, we offer good perks such as your name at the ending credits, the right to view the film when it is ready or the title of Executive Producer depending on the amount you choose to support the film. Even the smallest amount counts. The documentary presents one story that can be tied to a larger picture. In our society animal rights are often being forgotten and people living in cities are losing connection to animals, other than common pet animals. The interest towards animals is still the same and many have started to work in promoting and bringing animal right questions in front of the larger audience. Animal sanctuaries and rescue homes are in a crucial and concrete role. We, as documentary makers, aim to help to raise awareness in issues concerning our relationships with animals and working animals by presenting a touching and beautiful story in a cinematic way of one change-making place. Here’s the link to the campaign page: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/donkey-paradise-a-documentary#/ We also have a page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/donkeyparadisedocumentary/ Thank you! We need all the help from animal lovers like us! Spread the word! :) With kind regards, Michelle Orenius Donkey Paradise -documentary Post Date: 01/04/17, Replies: 0 | ||
| Help to protect and save the wild bees To bee or not to be – about wild bees Are you concerned about the reasons for general and for the death and extinction of wild bees and flying insects and would like to know to help somehow to do something about it? I would like to stimulate thinking on policy actions, but also himself built or sowing flower habitats and bring out nesting boxes. Did you know that the bumblebee is a wild bee? Or that almost all wild bees are loner with high expectations to their habitat? Among other things, therefore, are more than half of about 560 species of wild bees in Germany on the Red List. Nearly 40 species are already extinct and another 100 species are threatened with extinction or classified as endangered. Main reason for the decline is the loss of habitat. There is a lack of nesting places and food. The ecological and economic importance of bees in total is evidenced by the following figures: In a recent study, the value of insect pollination alone for agriculture is estimated at an annual 153 billion euros worldwide. In Europe, the annual value of pollination is more than 14 billion euros. Not to quantify the value of the pollination of many wild plants. But what is also of the insectivorous birds? Will they starve soon? And the amphibians too? Other causes are the modern farming with environmental toxins (pesticides and insecticides), destruction of habitat by agriculture and global warming. Even invasive ant species are talking. And some time ago it was discussed if the electromagnetic waves from mobile phone towers could be a problem for bees too- I have read an article in connection about animal behaviour for earthquakes which shows that electromagnetic waves influence the orientation from bees and destroy them by loosing their sense for orientation and some other scientists still believe until today that the bee dying is also caused from the electromagnetic waves. But in the most cases you will get the information that there is no problem. In Germany now there is a new research result from scientists which is saying that the electromagnetic waves from the mobile phones are really the main reason for bee dying! Further on some scientist try now to develop new biopesticedes which helps against bee dying. In Germany there is the first discussion to forbid pesticides in nature reserves. The latest news about wild bees from the scientist is, that if we do not all act immediately all wild bees are dead already in only ten years- and in twenty years all honey bees too- and than 30% of our food is not any longer available too. Therefore please help to make this knowledge well known to everybody and to help in your own garden or balcony the wild bees- more here: www.bee-leaks.com Post Date: 12/29/16, Replies: 1 | ||
| Egg laying hen welfare in UK Hello! My name is Claudia and I am currently interested in the public perceptions of welfare in egg laying hens in the UK for my final year dissertation at the Royal Veterinary College in London. I would like to see whether public expectations are being met with respect to the current welfare standards. There are no right or wrong answers - I am just interested in your views and I would be very grateful if you could complete my survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BYBB2Y7 Anyone is welcome to participate! You do not have to consume eggs or reside in UK. I would like to thank you again for your time in advance and for your interest in this project. Post Date: 12/16/16, Replies: 0 | ||
| Deceptive "cruelty free" product labels Be careful of deception when shopping for cruelty free products. Ive been advised by the "Choose Cruelty Free" organisation Australia that any company can state on their packaging that they dont test on animals regardless if its true or not. There is no law against it. I know....pathetic isnt it?!! Only way to be 100% sure is to buy from companies endorsed by CCF as they are completely thorough and strict with who they allow on their list. They told me that even PETAs list is not reliable as they are very lax with verifying the companies on their list are indeed cruelty free (including suppliers, ingredients etc) In saying this its still better to choose from PETAs list than no list at all. Im not aware of the endorsement procedures of other cruelty free lists but you may want to check ones you are using to ensure their process is up to scratch. I shop strictly from the CCF list now. It narrows down selection a lot but ld rather have less selection and be sure lm not hurting our furry friends. Heres the CCF list. Download the app or ask them to send you their printed list. You can contact them with queries about any products. They are so keen to help consumers trying to do the right thing. www.choosecrueltyfree.org.au/cruelty-f... Post Date: 12/02/16, Replies: 0 | ||
| The Human Viewpoint... "The human view of history is but one perspective. While the other animals may not have our concept of time, and may not consider history in the same manner that we do, they do EXPERIENCE history. They do experience the destructive force of the human species. They have a perspective that is traditionally ignored. And when considering the numbers of lives destroyed, the violence between humans is incidental compared to the violence perpetrated by humans against the other animals." Post Date: 10/21/16, Replies: 0 | ||
| Experiments on Animals I am extremely bothered by animal experiments and testings. I go on for days and weeks, continue thinking about it. I just recently saw pictures of monkeys used on experiments for head transplants. I can't imagine, the extreme of suffering and death inflicted on these innocent beings. Why are we doing this? Its so senseless, and it doesn't help us humans solve anything. Has anyone had any experience in writing letters and who do you write letters to demand to stop this nightmarish acts? Post Date: 10/21/16, Replies: 9 | ||
| How can we help dolphins ! The dolphins are dying and there is something we can do about it! We have to stop the pollution of the oceans, we have to control the fishing of dolphins and we have to stop using dolphins for our amusement. dyingdolphins.org/ Post Date: 09/25/16, Replies: 1 | ||
| Help publish the biography of Josh Harper! This deserves your support: https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/419C08 "One of the things the animal-rights movement often has a hard time with is remembering its own history. Jon Hochschartner wants to help change that by writing a biography of American activist Josh Harper, who was deeply involved in the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty campaign. He and others were arrested for their activism, in what became known as the SHAC 7 case, and were ultimately sentenced to prison." Post Date: 07/23/16, Replies: 0 | ||
| Overwhelmed with grief I turned vegan just after Christmas and since then have watched so many documentaries and videos, read so many horror stories, seen pictures, read tweets and facebook updates of animals being abused etc...basically I feel like my heart weighs a tonne and not a second goes by without an image flashing in my mind. I literally can't get over how some people treat animals, I feel physically sick all the time now. The final straw came yesterday when I read about Hanako, the poor elephant who has been locked in a concrete cell (zoo) in Japan for over 60 years. I couldn't stop crying. Basically, does anyone else feel the same or I am a freak!? Does it get any easier to deal with as time goes on? I will continue to donate, speak out and volunteer for animals but I feel it might be at the sake of my sanity! Sorry for the long post I really needed to vent!! Post Date: 07/12/16, Replies: 8 | ||
| Stopping Animal Cruelty in Ukraine I`m a volunteer coordinator in non-profit organizion Animal Protection UA. We are newly established organization based in Kiev, Ukraine. Here is our website. It is almost ready. In a few days all works will be done. www.animalprotectionua.org/ We have an a Facebook page, here it is https://www.facebook.com/animalprotection.ua Post Date: 06/08/16, Replies: 0 | ||
| this broke my heart .. i had to share it Charles Q. Choi Special to LiveScience LiveScience.com 2 hours, 13 minutes ago The Yangtze River dolphin is now almost certainly extinct, making it the first dolphin that humans drove to extinction, scientists have now concluded after an intense search for the endangered species. ADVERTISEMENT The loss also represents the first global extinction of megafauna—any creature larger than about 200 pounds (100 kilograms)—for more than 50 years, since the disappearance of the Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis). The Yangtze River dolphin or baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) of China has long been recognized as one of the world's most rare and threatened mammal species. "It's a relic species, more than 20 million years old, that persisted through the most amazing kinds of changes in the planet," said marine biologist Barbara Taylor at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries Service. "It's been here longer than the Andes Mountains have been on Earth." In 1999, the surviving baiji population was estimated to be as low as just 13 dolphins, compared to 400 known baiji in 1981. The last confirmed glimpse of a baiji was documented by a photo taken in 2002, although unverified sightings were reported as recently as 2006. An international team of scientists conducted an intense six-week search for the dolphin in two research vessels during November and December 2006, covering the entire known range of the baiji in the 1,037-mile (1,669-kilometer) main channel of the Yangtze River. The researchers and their instruments failed to see or hear any evidence that the dolphin survives. "It was a surprise to everyone on the expedition that we didn't have any sightings at all, that the extinction just happened so quickly," Taylor recalled. This would make the baiji the first cetacean—that is, dolphin, porpoise or whale—to go extinct because of humans. The species was probably driven to extinction by harmful fishing practices that were not even devised to harm the dolphins, such as the use of gill nets, rolling hooks or electrical stunning. The findings are detailed Aug. 7 in the journal Biology Letters. "In the past, you had this out-of-control whaling that still didn't result in any extinctions, but these accidental deaths, which are much less visible to people, are much more insidious," Taylor said. Even if any baiji exist that scientists did not find, the continued deterioration of the Yangtze region's ecosystem—home to roughly 10 percent of the world's human population—means the species has no hope of even short-term survival as a viable population, the researchers added. "To help save the endangered Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis) that also live in the river, we'll likely have to keep them in lake preserves or raise them in captivity, because the situation in that river doesn't look like it can be controlled at this point," Taylor explained. With the loss of the Yangtze River dolphin, the world's most critically endangered cetacean species now is the vaquita or Gulf of California porpoise (Phocoena sinus), of which 250 survive. The vaquita and other coastal dolphins around the world now face the same peril that claimed the baiji—accidental deaths from fishing. "We have to find a way to let small-time fishermen put food on their tables that doesn't involve putting gill nets in the water that decimate these species," Taylor said. "Unless we figure out a way to deal with this problem, the baiji may be the first in quite a long line of animals to face extinction." Post Date: 05/24/16, Replies: 8 | ||
| Does all life matter? Hello everyone! I wanted to share something that I wrote with you all, but I don't know if it is appropriate to just paste the whole thing here, so I just pasted an excerpt from it. It has to do with the value that we as humans place on human life versus animal life. In my opinion, human life is more valuable, and that is because I believe that humans were made by God in the image of God. But to take that and then automatically reduce the value of animal life as drastically as we do today is insane! I believe God created all life and everything else and if the Bible has any truth to it then the first people were vegan! Or at the very least that story was a metaphor that describes God's will for us - which included not eating animals! I hold all life in high regard and while it wasn't the reason I became vegan, it is one of the major reasons why I remain one. I learned most of what I know about the "factory farming" industry after I became a vegan, and thankfully I did learn what I know now because every time I think it would just be easier to go back to my old way of eating, I am reminded of the whole process of how those meat products got onto that supermarket shelf, and it disgusts me to the point that I couldn't keep down the food if I did eat it. But anyway, please read this excerpt and then copy and paste the link below it to read the whole thing. Then, please let me know what you think or if you think I should make any revisions to it! I want to use this as a way to open people's eyes to the reality that animals are literally tortured for no good reason. Without further ado... Here it is: "She was tortured..." This was her first pregnancy. The baby was due to be born in just one more week, but she could feel that it would probably be born before that week was up. She had never known the joys of motherhood before but she wasn't worried because that came naturally to her kind. She jumped a bit as she heard someone yell from outside. Probably just the farmer again. Things around the farm had been intense lately. Mr. Johnson, the farmer, seemed frustrated frequently and all of the animals were in a state of heightened agitation. Mr. Johnson was an odd man, she thought. He didn't seem like the type to be a farmer, but appearances can be deceiving, she supposed. He was about 45 years old, tall and handsome for a man, if one was into that sort of thing, and seemed far more regal than the other farmers that she had seen. The calming breeze, the gray clouds floating ever so fluidly by and the smell that sung of rain didn't do much to set anyone at ease. Not at this farm, at least. Not even Mr. Johnson. It was amidst this agitation that she tried to begin her afternoon meal. She stood there staring at her food, unable to eat, as the moments ticked by. As the wind picked up outside and blew through the door with an eery whistle she began to realize why her food didn't look appetizing at all. Her heart began to race uncontrollably. Her body tensed as her stomach began to cramp, causing her more pain than she'd ever felt before. Her baby was coming. ----Please copy the URL below into your URL bar above to read the whole story!!---- www.intangibl3.org/#!She-was-tortured/c1u9t/573c6e330cf25680fa5787ae Post Date: 05/20/16, Replies: 1 | ||
| Hard to live like this knowing the truth.. Almost a year ago was when I first started contemplating whether or not I should go vegetarian, and after watching many YouTube videos I knew that I could no longer live with myself, knowing the truth behind our factory farming and even free-range/organic industries. The reason I went veg was for the animals, the poor creatures who suffer constantly for our greed and selfishness. For school, we were given the task to come up with a persuasive speech for a well-known issue that our world faces today. I thought that this was my golden opportunity to educate my class and teachers on what a factory farm is and how we gain the meat, dairy and eggs that we feed on globally. I deliver this speech in a week and I am feeling pretty confident about the effect it will have on nearly everyone in the class. Its goes for roughly 15 minutes, with short clips and pictures of not even the worse that commences in factory farms. And after learning even more about the dairy and egg industry, I would seriously LOVE to go vegan, however my parents hardly support my decision to become a vegetarian, they even make me eat fish sometimes because my mum refuses to buy me veggie alternatives :( I guess the reason I'm writing this is to reach out to those who may feel the same way and who may be going through the same thing- wanting to go vegan but not able to due to the family situation. I would really love a veggie/vegan friend for support :) thanks, elaine383. Post Date: 05/18/16, Replies: 10 | ||
| An animal rights-themed video game I would like to ask you for some support and opinions. We are making a video game about something that is important to us. Pigsodus will be a vegan (but not openly, not in right-into your-face style) humorous horror-RPG about a pig that escapes a truck heading to a slaughterhouse after it learns that idyllic farm life is a trap. It will be a bit like a Trojan Horse - the story will tie people emotionally with the fate of the animals and make them think about it, but not in any specific way, they will choose their own. Maybe there is someone here who have heard about it? The demo we made doesn't show the story at all, but gamers should find it interesting. We are really looking forward for some feedback. We are gathering support on our Thunderclap: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/41594-become-the-bacon-of-hope PS. This is the video that precisely inspired us to make Pigsodus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGh8YDoLnOU Post Date: 05/12/16, Replies: 0 | ||
| Mesmerised. Flying slaves. Documentary. Hello fellow vegans and animal rights advocates. Let me borrow your attention please. This is the vegan movie I'm filming now. And I need your financial aid. Mesmerised. Flying slaves. Documentary about cruelty. Mesmerise (verb) – to hold the attention of someone entirely: to interest or amaze someone so much that nothing else is seen or noticed: to hypnotize. Why do we call our movie “Mesmerised. Flying slaves.”? At first it’s hard to find the connection between hypnosis and swiftlet farming. But if we look closer, an incredible cruelty arises. Digital audio hypnotizes are used to hack bird's communication system and send false messages to the birds to force them behave as a farm’s owner wants. Artificially created audio mixes trick birds to settle in a certain place or even make them reproduce. Cruel enough? What about artificially created hormones and pheromones sprayed to reinforce desirable behavior of swiftlets? What do they farm them for? Nests. Seriously, swiftlets nests. Hundreds tons per year with a retail price up to $10000 per kg. And a single nest weights about 10 gram. Do the math yourself. They call it “the caviar of the East”. Hypnotized birds with falsely induced mating behavior build nests over and over again. That's why we call it Mesmerised. Flying slaves. Please give me a hand to make it happen. Back the campaing or share please. Together we're changing the world right now. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/1673383?ref=gogo__fblk__13480875 Post Date: 03/17/16, Replies: 7 | ||
| Wolf Killings It is bothersome to me that to this day and age humankind, our government kills wolves. The aerial killings are just senseless and for what?! From what I have understood it to be population control. But nature takes care of that itself. Why do we need to be the ones to cleanse nature, or kill the animals because we only want a certain number of wolves, or certain number coyotes in a certain area. How is this legal, and is there something that can be done? How can we continue to look at wolves as evil beings or predators that are out to get any animal that walks the land. For centuries we have wiped out the population of wolves, but all this nonsense needs to stop. If there is something that we can do, especially the government from killing them, I will be the first one in line. Post Date: 03/08/16, Replies: 4 | ||
| Human superiority? "We live on a planet inhabited by millions of species, one of which, under the illusion of superiority, denies all others even a basic right to life. This mindset justifies the indiscriminate killing, in horrible ways, of our neighbors and kin...to the tune of millions daily." Post Date: 02/20/16, Replies: 6 | ||
| Number one reason to go vegan I made a video which is compilation of some of the best speeches mixed with horrible videos how animals are being treated in animal agriculture. Tried to make it very powerful so when some of the non vegans see it, they start to think about things differently! Would also appreciate your feedback on it because I'm planning on making more videos to show&educate people about veganism. Share it around with your non vegans friends if you feel like it. You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYrNy_cKeRs Post Date: 01/20/16, Replies: 0 | ||
| 'Carnivore cleansing' damaging ecosystem 'Carnivore cleansing' is damaging ecosystems, scientists warn www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/09/carnivore-cleansing-damaging-ecosystems Post Date: 01/10/16, Replies: 0 |
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